FRANK  MAIGH  DIXON 

CHIEF  STATISTICIAN 


BULLETINS  OF  THE 
BUREAU  OF  RAILWAY  ECONOMICS 


1.  Summary  of  Revenues  and  Expenses  of  Steam  Roads  in  the 

United  States  for  July,  1910.  (Monthly  Report  Series, 
Bulletin  No.  1.) 

2.  Summary  of  Revenues  and  Expenses  of  Steam  Roads  in  the 

United  States  for  August,  1910.  (Monthly  Report  Series, 
Bulletin  No.  2.) 

3.  Summary  of  Revenues  and  Expenses  of  Steam  Roads  in  the 

United  States  for  September,  1910.  (Monthly  Report  Series, 
Bulletin  No.  3.) 

4.  A Comparative  Statement  of  Physical  Valuation  and  Capitaliza- 

tion. 


5.  Preliminary  Bulletin  for  November,  1910 — Revenues  and  Ex- 

penses. 

6.  Railway  Traffic  Statistics. 

7.  Summary  of  Revenues  and  Expenses  of  Steam  Roads  in  the 

United  States  for  October  ,1910.  (Monthly  Report  Series, 
Bulletin  No.  4.) 

8.  Summary  of  Revenues  and  Expenses  of  Steam  Roads  in  the 

United  States  for  November,  1910.  (Monthly  Report  Series, 
Bulletin  No.  5.) 

9.  Summary  of  Revenues  and  Expenses  of  Steam  Roads  in  the 

United  States  for  December,  1910.  (Monthly  Report  Series, 
Bulletin  No.  6.) 

10.  Summary  of  Revenues  and  Expenses  of  Steam  Roads  in  the 
United  States  for  January,  1911. 


11. 


Comment  on  the  Decision  in  the  Western 
No.  3500.  (Out  of  Print.) 


Advanced  Rate  Case, 


12.  Summary  of  Revenues  and  Expenses  of  Steam  Roads  in  the 
United  States  for  February,  1911. 


13.  Summary  of  Revenues  and  Expenses  of  Steam  Roads  in  the 
United  States  for  March,  1911. 


( Continued .) 


The  numbering  of  the  monthly  bulletins  as  a separate  series  was  abandoned 
with  the  December,  1910,  issue.  Since  then  all  bulletins  issued  by  the  Bureau 
have  been  given  a consecutive  number  only. 


Analysis  of  the  Accident  Statistics 
of  the  Interstate  Commerce 
Commission  for  the  year 
ending  June  30,  1911 


WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 
November,  1911 


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It  should  be  noted  that  many  of  the  casualties  resulting  from  derail- 
ment, which  are  included  among  those  for  which  railways  may  have 
been  responsible,  are  due  to  malicious  obstruction  of  tracks  and  to 
negligence  of  trainmen  and  signalmen.  They  are  not  tabulated  here 
because  the  report  of  the  Commission  does  not  separate  them  into 
those  of  passengers  and  employees.  The  total  number  of  accidents 
from  these  causes  amounts  to  52  deaths  and  684  injuries. 

It  may  further  be  remarked  that  many  of  the  accidents  to  em- 
ployees, such  as  those  resulting  from  coupling  cars,  are  due  to  negli- 
gence of  the  employees  themselves,  but  the  statistics  do  not  permit  of 
further  analysis  along  this  line.  It  should  also  be  noted  that  many  of 
the  injuries  are  relatively  slight,  the  only  requirement  in  order  to  get 
them  into  the  statistics  being  that  the  employee  must  be  incapacitated 
for  work  for  at  least  three  days  in  the  aggregate  during  the  ten  days 
immediately  following  the  accident.  For  example,  the  highest  single 
class  of  injuries  from  coupling  cars,  907,  results  in  “contusion  or  lacer- 
ation of  fingers.” 


From  Press  Notice  issued  by  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission 
concerning  railway  accidents  for  the  year  ending  June  30,  1911 : 

“This  bulletin  closes  the  first  year’s  record  of  accidents  under 
the  law  of  May  6,  1910.  It  shows  the  total  number  of  casual- 
ties for  the  year  ending  June  30,  1911,  to  be  160,555  ( 10,396 
killed  and  150,159  injured).  Of  this  number,  439  killed  and 
79,237  injured  are  classed  under  the  head  of  “Industrial  Acci- 
dents,” which  do  not  involve  the  movement  of  cars  or  engines 
on  rails.  During  the  year  there  was  a total  of  5,287  persons 
killed  and  5,614  injured  while  trespassing  on  the  property  of 
the  railroad,  walking  on  the  tracks  or  stealing  rides  on  trains. 

“There  is  a noticeable  decrease  in  the  number  of  passengers 
killed  during  the  year  as  compared  with  the  previous  year,  being 
356  against  421. 

“This  bulletin  gives  the  total  number  of  employees  in  the 
service  of  the  railroad  companies  on  June  30,  1911,  as  1,648,033. 

“During  the  year  ending  June  30,  1911,  there  was  one  em- 
ployee killed  to  every  458  employed,  and  one  employee  injured 
to  every  13  employed.” 


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ANALYSIS  OF  THE  ACCIDENT  STATISTICS  OF  THE  INTERSTATE 
COMMERCE  COMMISSION  FOR  THE  YEAR 
ENDING  JUNE  30,  1911. 

In  view  of  the  fact  that  the  press  report  of  railway  accidents  for  the 
year  ending  June  30,  1911,  given  out  from  the  offices  of  the  Interstate 
Commerce  Commission  did  not  sufficiently  analyze  the  figures  to  bring 
out  their  significance  and  avoid  the  danger  of  misunderstanding,  a 
further  analysis  has  been  made  by  the  Bureau  of  Railway  Economics 
and  is  herewith  submitted.  It  is  to  be  regretted  that  these  figures 
aannot  be  related  to  the  number  of  passengers  carried  or  the  number 
of  trains,  but  statistics  of  traffic  for  the  year  ending  June  30,  1911, 
will  not  be  available  for  several  months.  Particular  attention  is  called 
to  the  fact  that  the  number  of  passengers  on  passenger  trains  killed 
during  the  year,  for  whose  deaths  the  railways  were  probably  responsi- 
ble, is  only  96. 

At  the  end  of  this  bulletin  there  is  inserted  the  portion  of  the  press 
notice  of  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission  referred  to  that  relates 
to  the  statistics  for  the  fiscal  year  1911. 

Total  Statistics  of  Accidents. 

Killed.  Injured. 

Total  casualties  10,396  150,159 

From  this  total  deduct — 

Killed.  Injured. 

Trespassers  5,284  5,614 

Other  persons  (not  passengers  or 


employees) 1,154  5,073 


6,438 

10,687 

Leaving  passengers  and  emplovees 

■ * 3.958 

139472 

Of  which  passengers  comprise 

356 

13433 

And  employees  comprise 

.......  s,6oe 

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Accidents  to  Passengers. 


Total  casualties 


Deduct  passengers  on  freight 

trains 

And  newsboys,  express  and  mail 
clerks,  Pullman  employees,  etc. . 


Killed.  Injured. 
1 8 649 

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Killed. 

356 


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Leaving  as  passengers  proper  on  passenger  trains.  . . 281 

Deduct  accidents  for  which  railways  are  not  re- 
sponsible, such  as  passengers  coming  in  contact 
with  obstructions,  getting  on  and  off  cars,  being 
run  over  in  yards  and  on  crossings 185 


Number  of  passenger  accidents  on  passenger 
trains  for  which  railways  were  probably  re- 
sponsible   96 


Accidents  to  Employees. 

Killed. 

Total  casualties  3,602 

Killed.  Injured. 

Deduct  industrial  accidents  on 

bridges,  at  stations,  shops,  etc..  . 439  79,237 

Employees  not  on  duty 292  954 

Falling  from  or  getting  on  or  off 
cars  or  engines  in  cases  where 
railways  evidently  are  not  re- 
sponsible   453  10,799 

Being  struck  or  run  over  by  en- 
gine or  car  in  yards,  at  crossings 

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2,401 

Casualties  to  employees  for  which  railways  may 


have  been  responsible 1,201 

Total  passengers  and  employees  killed  for  whose 

deaths  railways  may  have  been  responsible.  . . . 1,297 

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Injured. 

L3,433 

2,040 

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5-737 

5,656 

Injured. 

126,039 


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BULLETINS  OF  THE 
BUREAU  OF  RAILWAY  ECONOMICS 


( Continued .) 

14.  Summary  of  Revenues  and  Expenses  of  Steam  Roads  in  the 

United  States  for  April,  1911. 

15.  The  Conflict  Between  Federal  and  State  Regulation  of  the  Rail- 

ways. 

16.  Summary  of  Revenues  and  Expenses  of  Steam  Roads  in  the 

United  States  for  May,  1911. 

1 7.  Railway  Wage  Increases  for  the  Year  Ending  June  30,  1911. 
Retrenchment  in  the  Railway  Labor  Force  in  1911. 

18.  Capitalization  and  Dividends  of  the  Railways  of  Texas,  Year 

Ending  June  30,  1909. 

19.  Summary  of  Revenues  and  Expenses  of  Steam  Roads  in  the 

United  States  for  June,  1911. 

20.  Summary  of  Revenues  and  Expenses  of  Steam  Roads  in  the 

United  States  for  July,  1911. 

21.  The  Cost  of  Transportation  on  the  Erie  Canal  and  by  Rail. 

22.  Summary  of  Revenues  and  Expenses  of  Steam  Roads  in  the 

United  States  for  August,  1911. 

23.  Analysis  Of  the  Accident  Statistics  of  the  Interstate  Commerce 

Commission  for  the  Year  Ending  June  30,  191©. 


